closed-earedness
nounEtymology
From closed-eared + -ness.
Definitions
A reluctance or aversion to listening to new styles of music.
- An interesting concept that has gained some momentum over the last twenty years has been that of open and closed-earedness.
- Children appear to experience phases of 'open-earedness', such as middle childhood, where they tolerate a large amount of musical styles, and 'closed-earedness', such as adolescence, where their preferences are far more constrained.
- In childhood we are 'open-eared' and like lots of different things. In adolescence we have a period of 'closed-earedness', when we pick our allegiances and music is very important.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA